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Inside Bodybuilding is a team of medical professionals and physicians with specialized knowledge and experience regarding bodybuilding and performance-enhancement drugs (PEDs).

George Touliatos, M.D.

Dr. George Touliatos

Expertise: George Touliatos, M.D., completed his medical residency in biopathology at the Athens School of Medicine. This gives him deep clinical expertise in interpreting complex blood panels, liver/kidney enzymes, and metabolic markers.

License: Dr. Touliatos is registered with the Medical Association of Athens (License No. 49442).

Experience: Dr. Touliatos is a two-time Greek National Champion (2000, 2009) and has treated patients who have taken anabolic steroids and selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs).

Awards: Dr. Touliatos won the Π.Ε.Σ.Δ. Cup in 2000 and the IFBB-Ε.Ο.Σ.Δ. Panhellenic Championship (light heavyweight category) in 2009.

Thomas O'Connor, M.D., M.S.

Dr. Thomas O'Connor

Expertise: Thomas O'Connor, M.D., M.S., completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. O'Connor also holds a Master’s Degree (MS) in Exercise Physiology from Long Island University, providing a rigorous academic foundation in sports performance and hypertrophy.

Certification: He is board-certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).

License: Dr. O'Connor's Connecticut Medical license number is #43720

Experience: Dr. O'Connor has successfully treated men and women who have used anabolic steroids and SARMs. He was also a competitive powerlifter.

SARMs (selective androgen receptor modulators) have recently been formulated as a potential medicinal alternative to anabolic steroids. Scientists’ main objective when synthesizing SARMs was to replicate the anabolic effects of steroids without any androgenic side effects. This has been successfully achieved via the mechanism of tissue selectivity, where SARMs bind to cells that promote anabolism […]

Summary: The best SARM for beginners with the fewest side effects is widely regarded as Ostarine. The best SARM for building lean muscle is believed to be RAD-140. The best SARM for cutting and burning fat could be Ostarine. However, Cardarine is a more effective fat-burning compound, but it is technically a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor […]

Non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) have become more common in the realm of bodybuilding since their recent formulation in the 1990s. Are SARMs Legal? As of 2022, SARMs are currently 100% legal worldwide (excluding Australia), when utilized for research purposes. In Australia, SARMs are classified as Schedule 4 substances, so they are illegal to […]

Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are currently being studied as a potential anabolic treatment in medicine. Chemical modifications of testosterone, known as steroidal SARMs, were formulated in the 1940s as a means to induce anabolism (without androgenicity) in specific tissues. When anabolic steroids (specifically testosterone) were first medicinally approved in 1939, their androgenic side effects […]

Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are non-steroidal investigational drugs currently being reviewed for the potential treatment of cachexia in medicine (1). In this guide, we will detail what a potential first SARM stack can look like and what its consequent effects are. Contents1 What SARMs Are Being Studied in Research?2 First SARMs Stack3 Bulking Stacks4 […]